System requirements for Office

Before you install or use any Microsoft Office 365 or Office 2016 product, we recommend that you verify that
your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements for the product. Office 365 and Office 2016
are designed to work with the latest version of Office, Office 2013, and Office 2011 for Mac. Previous
versions of Office, such as Office 2010 and Office 2007, may work with Office 365 with reduced functionality.
Get more details about which Office versions are supported.

Office 365 subscription plans

With select Office 365 subscription plans you get the fully installed Office applications: Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access. (Publisher and Access are available
on PC only.) You can install Office 365 across multiple devices, including PCs, Macs, Android™
tablets, Android phones, iPad®, and iPhone®. In addition, with Office 365 you get services
like Skype minutes (for home) or online storage with OneDrive for Business (for business).

Office 365 is designed to work with the latest browsers and versions of Office. If you use older browsers and versions of Office that are not in mainstream support:

Microsoft won’t deliberately prevent you from connecting to the service, but the quality of
your Office 365 experience will diminish over time.

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

Microsoft account and/or Microsoft organizational account

Office 365 plans for business and education

The system requirements in the table below apply to business and education, including
standalone plans for individual services, such as email-only or online meetings-only plans.
Applications such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Skype for Business Online, Yammer,
Project Online, and Power BI are also covered by the table below.

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

A Microsoft account and/or Microsoft organizational account

Client applications

Make sure that:

Your Office clients are compatible with Office 365. Office 365 works with any version of Office in mainstream support: the latest version of Office, Office 2013, and Office 2011 for Mac. Previous versions of Office clients, in extended support, may work with Office 365 with reduced functionality.

You’re in compliance with the Microsoft
Service Pack Support Lifecycle Policy. Staying on a fully
supported service pack for your
Office version ensures that you’re
on the latest and most secure version.

Office 365 ProPlus and Lync Basic users can defer
installing updates for only 12 months from
date of release.

Some features in Project Online require connectivity to Project Online Professional, Project Professional 2016, or Project Professional 2013. In February 2017, Project Online client application support will change, coinciding with changes for the Office 2013 version of Office 365 ProPlus:

Project Online will only support the latest in-market Project client (Project Professional 2016)

Project Online will only support the latest Project Online Professional for Office 365 client (currently the 2016 version)

Office 2016 suites

Office suites are a one-time purchase that includes applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
for use on a single PC or Mac. Office 2016 suites for business may be purchased for more than
five computers through
volume licensing. Office as a one-time purchase does not include any of the services included
in Office 365.

Office 2016 suites for home

Office Home & Student 2016

COMPONENT

REQUIREMENT

Computer and processor

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86-bit or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

Certain features require OneDrive.

Microsoft account

Office Home & Business 2016

COMPONENT

REQUIREMENT

Computer and processor

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86-bit or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

Office Professional 2016

COMPONENT

REQUIREMENT

Computer and processor

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86-bit or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

For the best experience, use the latest version of any
operating system.

Browser

The current or immediately previous version of Internet Explorer; the current version of Microsoft Edge, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. Get more details.

.NET version

.NET 3.5 required. Some features may require .NET 4.0, 4.5, or 4.6 CLR to also be installed.

Other

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

Word 2016: Coauthoring requires
SharePoint Foundation 2013 and a Microsoft account
for OneDrive. It might also require more memory than
what is listed here.

Browsers

Safari, Chrome, and Firefox: Office 365 is designed to work
with the current version of the Safari, Chrome, and Firefox browsers.

Microsoft Edge: Office 365 is designed to work with the latest
version of the Microsoft Edge browser. Microsoft Edge browser updates are available through
the
Windows Servicing branches. Office 365 might continue to work with versions of the Edge browser older than
the latest branch, but Office 365 can’t provide any guarantees.

Internet Explorer: Office 365 is designed to work with the current
or immediately previous version of Internet Explorer. We recommend that you
upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer after it is released. Office 365 might continue to work with versions of Internet
Explorer other than the current and immediately previous versions for some time after the release
of a new version of Internet Explorer, but Office 365 can’t provide any guarantees.

Office 2013 suites and standalone applications

Office 2013 suites and standalone applications for home are for use on a single PC and do not include cloud services. Office 2013 suites and standalone applications for business, including Visio and Project, may be purchased for multiple users through Microsoft Volume Licensing.

For home

Office Home & Student 2013, Office Home & Business 2013, and Outlook.com

Multi-touch features require a touch-enabled device. All features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. New touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8.

Certain features require a Microsoft account.

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

Certain features, such as instant search, require Windows Search 4.0.

Excel 2013

To use PowerPivot, you must have .NET 3.5 or .NET 4.0 and at least 2 GB of RAM.

To use Excel 2013 with the Power View add-in, you must have Silverlight 5.0 installed and at least 2 GB of RAM.

For integration with Exchange: Be sure to connect Outlook 2013 to the supported versions of Exchange: Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, or Exchange Server 2013. Outlook 2013 is not supported on Exchange 2003.

For integration with Exchange: Be sure to connect Outlook 2013 to the supported versions of Exchange: Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, or Exchange Server 2013. Outlook 2013 is not supported on Exchange 2003.